Dr. Arun Kapil

Dr. Arun Kapil, professor at AGSIRD
Assistant professor

Fields of expertise

  • Politics and international relations of the Middle East and North Africa

  • French politics and history

  • Migration, immigration, and ethnicity

  • Electoral politics (particularly the United States and Europe)

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Department of Political Science, University of Chicago

  • M.A. Department of Political Science, University of Chicago

  • B.A. Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Other current posts

  • Chargé d'enseignement, Faculté de Sciences Sociales et Économiques, Institut Catholique de Paris

  • Professor, Paris Center for Critical Studies (CIEE)

  • Adjunct professor, American University of Paris

Selected publications

  • 'France and the Algerian Conflict' in The Journal of North African Studies (March 2007)

  • 'The Public Relations War: Algeria, France and Imperial America' in The Beirut Review (March 2004)

  • 'The Algerian Civil War: A Review Essay' in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (Winter 1999)

  • 'On Islam in the West and Muslims in France: Views from the Hexagon' in Third World Quarterly (June 1997)

  • 'Islamic Economics: The Surest Path?' in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (July 1995)

  • 'Algeria's Crisis Intensifies: The Search for a 'Civic Pact'.' in Middle East Report (January-February 1995)

  • 'Algeria' in Political Parties of the Middle East and North Africa, ed. Frank Tachau (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,1994)

  • 'L'évolution du régime autoritaire en Algérie: le 5 octobre et les réformes politiques de 1988-1989' in Annuaire de l'Afrique du Nord XXIX-1990 (Paris: Editions du CNRS, 1992)

  • 'Les partis islamistes en Algérie: élements de présentation' in Monde Arabe Maghreb-Machrek (juillet-septembre 1991)

  • 'Portrait statistique des élections algériennes du 12 juin 1990: chiffres-clés pour une analyse' in Les Cahiers de l'Orient (été 1991)

  • 'Algeria's Elections Show Islamist Strength' in Middle East Report (September-October 1990)

Contact

kapil@msh-paris.fr

 

 

News

Dr. Arun Kapil does DVC for the U.S. Department of State

February 12, 2009

Dr. Arun KapilDr. Arun Kapil was mandated by the US Department of State's Africa Regional Services in to do a series of digital video conferences about the new Obama administration. The ten conferences where held during the month of January with audiences in African and Carribean capitals: Casablanca in Morocco, Tunis in Tunisia, Monrovia in Liberia, Bamako in Mali, Lusaka in Zambia, Kampala in Uganda, Conakry in Guinea, Tananarive in Madagascar, Port-Louis in Mauritius, and Port-au Prince in Haiti.

Dr. Arun Kapil lectures in Africa for the U.S. Department of State

October 14, 2008

Dr. Arun KapilUnder the auspices of the U.S. Department of State, Arun Kapil spent two weeks in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon, giving lectures and media interviews on the American electoral process and current presidential campaign. Save

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Ph.D. candidate
School of International Relations

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